Once an agent can read the inbox, move the calendar, and leave an audit trail, the product boundary moves to the place where work already has consequences.

• The Work Surface Becomes the Interface

If agents can cross systems, the operator contract needs scopes, budgets, logs, replay, and a way to stop the loop.

• Codex Gets the Office Graph, Flue Names the Harness, and ARC Stays Under One Percent

A personal assistant is an integration surface; every integration surface becomes an audit surface the second it can touch Slack, docs, files, and credentials.

• Codex Gets an Office, Claude Learns to Disagree, and the Package Import That Steals Your Keys